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>>> WERE BACK, 8:10.
WITH A LOOK BACK AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST NIGHTS OF THE CHEER FOR
COMEDY AND CHARITY.
"NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS" APPEARS TONIGHT ON NBA.S"
APPEARS TONIGHT ON NBA. >> REALLY BIG NAMES.
RAISED MORE THAN $24 MILLION FOR
AUTISM SCHOOLS AND SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS.
PROGRAMS.
JON STEWART, HOSTING THE EVENT
AGAIN THIS YEAR.
HES WITH ROBERTS WIFE, MICHELLE.ROBERTS WIFE,
MICHELLE.
GOOD MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ARE AMAZING.
>> YOU STARTED YOUR OWN
APPLAUSE.
APPLAUSE.
>> YAY, ME.
>> YOU STARTED THIS YEARS AGO. YOU HAVE A SON LIVING WITHAGO.
YOU HAVE A SON LIVING WITH AUTISM.
AUTISM.
HOW IS DANIEL DOING?
HOW OLD IS HE?
>> DANIEL, NOW, IS ALMOST 20. WHEN WE HAD HIM DIAGNOSED, HE
WAS 1 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHAT HAD AUTISM, WHO SEEMED LIKEAT
HAD AUTISM, WHO SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING WAS ON TRACK, AND HAD
A REGRESSION.
A REGRESSION.
YOU HEAR THAT STORY OFTEN. >> WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT
THIS CHARITY, ITS NOT
NECESSARILY FOR RESEARCH.
ITS ABOUT SERVICES AND HELPING
PEOPLE LIVE BETTER LIVES. >> ITS ABOUT PROGRAMS, DO
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OR THEY DOED
A VOE CYAID VA COSEY.
ROBERT AND I WHO HAD CONNECTION
AND RESOURCES, COULDNT FIND OUR
SON A SCHOOL.
AN APPROPRIATE EDUCATION FOR OUR
SON.
SON.
WE DIDNT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN ANYMORE. WANT THAT TO HAPPEN
ANYMORE.
WE INDOCTRINATED OUR FRIENDS. >> ROBERT AND MICHELLE HAVES.
>> ROBERT AND MICHELLE HAVE DANIEL.
DANIEL.
AND THERES NO REAL SCHOOLS IN THE CITY.S NO REAL SCHOOLS IN
THE CITY. SO, THEY START, YOU KNOW, TO
ADVOCATE FOR YOUR OWN CHILD IS, I THINK EVERY PARENT HAS THATS,
I THINK EVERY PARENT HAS THAT FEELING TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR
OWN CHILD.
OWN CHILD. THE WALLS THEY HAD TO BREAK
THROUGH, WITH THE CONNECTION
THEY HAD AND THE FINANCE THEY
HAD.
HAD.
FOR THEM TO SAY, WERE GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR OTHER CHILDREN, AND
TO SPREAD THAT OUT IS WHAT I
THINK IS SO INCREDIBLY SPECIAL
ABOUT WHAT THEY DID.
EVERYTHING THEY DO, THE SCHOOL
THEY STARTED WASNT APPROPRIATE
FOR HIM.
FOR HIM.
THEY WORKED ON OTHER SERVICES
AND OTHER INTERVENTIONS.
>> IS THIS A TRICKY AUDIENCE FOR YOU?S THIS A TRICKY AUDIENCE FOR
YOU?
YOURE ONE OF THE BEST POLITICAL
COMMENTATORS AND COMEDIANS OUT
THERE.
BUT THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT
TO DONATE TO A CHARITY LIKE THIS
ARE LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE.
DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR
MATERIAL DOWN THE MIDDLE FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
>> I THINK THAT THE NIGHT -- THE WAY THE NIGHT HAS ALWAYS GONE IS
NOT SO MUCH POLITICAL.
THE IDEA IS TO PLAY WITH THE
AUSPICES OF A CHARITY.
BECAUSE THERES AUCTIONS.
THERES CHRIS ROCK THAT WILL
BRACK
BRACK BREAK UP WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND OR
GIRLFRIEND FOR YOU OVER THE
PHONE.
PHONE.
>> THATS PRICELESS. >> ITS NOT A STANDUP SHOW, PER
SE.
SE. THERE WILL BE STANDUPS ON IT.
MY JOB THERE IS NOT TO IRRITATE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
>> MORE OF A GAME SHOW HOST THAN A STANDUP COMEDIAN?HOW HOST THAN
A STANDUP COMEDIAN? >> THATS WHY WE GOT GAME SHOW
HOST CHAIRS.
HOST CHAIRS. THERES A PICTIONARY SET OVER
THERE.
THERE.
>> OFTEN WITH AUTISM, ITS ABOUT
LITT KIDS AND FINDING THE
RIGHT SCHOOL.
AND NOW, YOUR SON IS A YOUNG
MAN.
THERE HAS TO BE FOCUS ON BEING
AN ADULT WITH AUTISM. >> THERE HAS TO BE A LARGE FOCUS
ON IT.
ON IT.
IN TEN YEARS, 500,000 INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM WILL
BECOME ADULTS.
BECOME ADULTS.
SO MANY OF THEM WILL BE LIVING
WITH THEIR FAMILIES WITH NO
SERVICES.
HONESTLY, WHEN EDUCATION STOPS FOR THEM, AT AGE 21 OR 22, THE
SERVICES STOP, BUT THEY CONTINUE
TO LIVE.
TO LIVE.
THEY HAVE FULL LIVES.
AND ITS VERY IMPORTANT THAT
INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM ARE
CONSIDERED TO -- ARE ABLE TO
LIVE FULFILLING LIVES. >> AND THERES DANIELS.
>> AND THERES DANIELS SITUATIONS.
SITUATIONS.
AND OTHERS.
EVERYBODY THINKS OF IT LIKE,
ITS LIKE THE GOOD DOCTOR. YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET AN
INDIVIDUAL WITH AUTISM INTO THE
RIGHT FIELD WHERE THEY HAVE, YOU
KNOW, SAVANT ABILITIES.
BUT YOU KNOW, 30% ARE IN A VERY
DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAT MIGHT
NEED A MORE INTENSIVE
INTERVENTION OR MAY NEED
SERVICES THAT ARE MORE
INTENSIVE.
INTENSIVE.
ITS EESS A LOT.
>> SOMEONE LIKE DANIEL IS
SEVERE.
HE HAS NO LANGUAGE.
HE HAS A LOT OF SELF-ABUSEIVE BEHAVIOR.LOT OF SELF-ABUSEIVE
BEHAVIOR.
WITH THE RIGHT SERVICES WEVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND HIM, HESVE
BEEN ABLE TO FIND HIM, HES ACHIEVED QUITE A BIT.
AND EVERYONE DESERVES A FULFILLING LIFE TO BE ABLE TO
WORK AND BE PART OF A COMMUNITY
AND NOT ISOLATED.
>> MICHELLE IS GOING TO HATE
THIS.
THIS.
THEY SHOWED ME A VIDEO.
YOU DO, YOU THINK OF A TRIUMPH AS A RECITEALRECITAL, SOMETHING
THAT, THAT KIDS ARE JUDGED BY.
THEY SHOWED ME A VIDEO OF
DANIEL, COMPLETING A RACE.
JUST COMPLETING A RACE.
AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WHEN IT
WAS OVER, THE SMILE THAT HE
GAVE, IT WAS A MAJESTIC MOMENT.
>> I NEED TO, WHILE YOURE HERE,
ASK FOR YOUR COMMENT ON
SOMETHING QUICKLY.
SOMETHING QUICKLY. YOUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, LOUIS
C.K., HAS BEEN ACCUSED AND
ADMITTED TO LEWD ACTS IN FRONT
OF WOMEN.
OF WOMEN. WHAT WAS IT WHEN YOU HEARD THE
ACCUSATIONS?
ACCUSATIONS?
>> STUNNED, I THINK. YOU GIVE YOUR FRIENDS THE
BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
I TRY TO THINK OF IT IN TERMS
OF, IVE HAD FRIENDS WHO HAVE
COMPULSIONS AND HAVE DONE THINGS
GAMBLING, DRINKING OR DRUGS.
AND WE LOST SOME OF THEM.
SOME OF THEM HAVE DIED.
AND YOU FIND YOURSELF AT A
MOMENT OF, DID I MISS SOMETHING?
COULD I HAVE DONE MORE?
IN THIS SITUATION, WE ALL COULD
HAVE.
HAVE. YOU FEEL ANGER ON WHAT HE DID TO
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. COMEDY ON ITS BEST DAY IS NOT A
GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN.
BUT WHEN WE STARTED 30 YEARS
AGO, IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.
TO DO IT WAS AN ACT OF BRAVERY
IN ITSELF.
IN ITSELF. THE IDEA THERE WAS AN ADDED
LAYER OF PRESSURE AND
MANIPULATION AND FEAR AND
HUMILIATION, AND NOT -- LOOK.
I DONT WANT TO MAKE THIS LIKE,
LOUIS WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS.
ITS NOT. ITS ENDEMIC.
ITS ENDEMIC. AND I IMAGINE YOU WALK THROUGH
30 ROCK.
30 ROCK.
AND THINK ITS A QUESTION, WERE USED TO BEING IN CHARGE., WERE
USED TO BEING IN CHARGE.
AND I THINK IF YOU TALK TO WOMEN, THEYRE IN A VERY TO
WOMEN, THEYRE IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION.
DIFFICULT POSITION. AND YOU GET MAD AT YOURSELF,
TOO, FOR LAUGHING IT OFF OR MORE
THINKING, THAT DIDNT HAPPEN.
>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
SOME WOMEN IN THE INDUSTRY SAY,
THIS IS AN OPEN SECRET.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU SAID
YOU WERE STUNNED.
>> I WAS STUNNED.
>> YOU HADNT HEARD THAT?
>> I HEARD -- A CAREER AGO, I
WAS DOING A PODCAST WITH DAVID
AXELROD.
AXELROD.
AND A MAN IN THE AUDIENCE ASKED
ME ABOUT IT.
AND I HADNT HEARD OF ANY OF IT. SO, I WAS -- HE SAID, WHAT DOT.
SO, I WAS -- HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST LOUIS C.K.
AND MY FIRST RESPONSE WAS, WHAT?
JOKE, JOKE.
JOKE, JOKE.
AS HE KEPT GOING, I KNOW THIS IS
SERIOUS.
I KNOW LOUIS.
HES ALWAYS BEEN A GENTLEMAN, TO
ME.
IT SPEAKS TO THE BLINDNESS THAT A MAN HAS.TO THE BLINDNESS THAT
A MAN HAS. HEY, HES A GOOD GUY.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
DIGGING AROUND IN IT AND FINDING
THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD DONE, IT
WAS HARD.
WAS HARD.
BUT WE WERE ALL ASSURED, NO. BUT WE TOOK SOMEBODYS WORD FOR
IT.
IT. AND MAYBE THATS -- THATS AN
ERROR ON OUR PART.
WITH DRUGS, WEVE TRIED
INTERVENTIONS AND MAYBE THATS
SOMETHING THAT --
>> HAVE YOU TALKED TO LOUIS
C.K.?
C.K.?
>> ITS A RECKONING IN OUR
CULTURE.
AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
THOUGHTFULNESS ABOUT IT.
>> NO.
ITS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
ITS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE
ENDEMIC, SYSTEMIC, COMPLEX PROBLEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL
HAVENT HAD THE URGENCY FOR.
AND CERTAINLY, MYSELF INCLUDED.
I HOPE IT CHANGES.
>> LEAVE IT AT THAT.
GUYS, GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FOR A GREAT CAUSE.
MICHELLE, NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> ITS GOOD.
ITS A GOOD CAUSE.